leslie was 22.h temple. >> she got several frantic phone calls and messages from robert saying, please come over. please come as soon as possible. >> reporter: at the condo, temple led leslie into his bedroom. >> they discovered rosemary laying on the floor, wrapped in a black comono-style robe and obviously was not breathing and there was quite a bit of blood. >> reporter: temple insisted it had been a dreadful accident that grew out of some kind of altercation. >>rosemary kept a knife to keep a stalker away. she came up on robert and poked him in the back of the head with the butt end of the knife and somehow there was some type of struggle and,according to robert, she fell on the knife. you know, there were with apparently multiple stab wounds one may have been an entry wound and one an exit wound. >> fell on a knife five times. >> yes. >> reporter: according to leslie, temple told her no one would believe it was an accident so she helped him clean up, then watched as he hatched a carefully thoug

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there is no way even though leslie marshal wants it, leslie desperately wants it. there is no way it's going to happen. well aren't there. blue dogs aren't going for it american people aren't going for it they don't want a big government takeover of the health care industry. even though you want it, leslie, krugman wants it. howard dean wants it, not going to happen because the votes around there. so, conrad says it, sebelius says it. obama doesn't say anything directly. and i'm telling you, he has lost, as tammy just said, he has lost control of the process right now, leslie. he has lost it. >> i don't agree that he has lost it and i don't agree that the democrats -- democrats are going to, you know, continue to be fragmented. i think that they need to unite. i think they will unite. >> having been united by this time, going on now for five weeks, all right? they haven't union nighted by this time, are you going to lords to prayer for this? is that what you are doing? there is nothing -- you are basing your knowledge. >> i'm not catholic, bill. bill: go ahead, tam

and leslie has tried everything.she said i spent 40 years trying to become the person i would have been if i hadn't met him. and i think she actually has. >> and what about the other convicted murderers here who were also still in jail? do you believe that they should be released as well? >> i'm not here to talk about them. you know? it doesn't matter what i think about them. leslie is my friend. >> it is a fascinating tale. understandably one that really could leave people feeling very divided. john waters, thank you for your time tonight. >> thank you. >> there is, of course, the other side, the family of the victims. alice labianca read a letter. leslie van houten chose to follow the instructions of charles manson. she chose drug crazed can i recalls as her family and she became one of them. but what about my family? when do we get our parole? when does leno get his parole? sympathy for these killers, and especially this one, is misplaced. we want to update you on the breaking news out of western pennsylvania. new

lesli. >> thanks for that, gary. we got a bit of a break from the very oppressive heat of monday, but there's no mistaking it, the dog days of summer are here. >> 97 yesterday. about 93 today. so some t d records today. let'stt artht temperatures. some areas aw beevlo 90at w be fr ic ederick. look ated 87in athewincst. in culperwiin the still in the 90s. let's 90s. let's mi. dihu tyis th iss.midityhu this is diu . ke account to. townis 94 94isdo infeelit in inst fr fredericksburg. this is why we say days we don'set rdrecoeds, exercise rei the morning. for tonight, partly cloudy, muggy, a few thunderstorms are possible. lows, upper 60s in the burgs. we'll come back and with we have a couple big storms on doppler. lesli. >>> all right, thanks topper. now to taiwan and the search for survivors of a deadly typhoon. military choppers are hovering over villages looking for signs of life. over the past few hours, they have buried of hundreds of men, women, and children. but the leaders fear hundreds more have been lost unde

>>> i'm lesli foster. to leesburg, virginia where police are investigating what they call a suspicious death. they are trying to determine whether a young man was mauled to death by dogs. they found the 20-year-old man's body inside a home along the 100 block of plaza street. they also found two pit bulls in the home. lindsey mastis is live on the scene. do we know the victim's yet? >> reporter: no. we do know officers were called to this street around 2:00 by family. they wanted them to check on this 20-year-old man. that's when they wanted to do a check and they found his body. joining me is chris jones with the police department. can you tell me how the dogs were involved? >> it appears they were in the residence. it appears there was a connection whether they were owned by the victim or the victim's family. they were inside the house when we made the discovery? >> reporter: where are they now? >> seized at loudoun county animal. >> reporter: we're told there's two large pit bulls that might have been i

leslie, thank you very much.nwhile, went private business guys get bonuses -- when private business guys get bonuses, people get angry. leslie scrushy's husband is in jail. his wife told us on air that if you have got a lot of money, you are a target. >> i think you do have a big bull's-eye on you if you have money. i think that people forget the hard work that goes into building huge companies. my husband built a multibillion- dollar company from a business card and an idea, and that took a lot of work, but instead of looking at the hogwarts and the bridge and mortar that went into that great company, they look at things that he purchased with the money that he received. in america, you are supposed to be able to earn money and spend it. neil: leslie, you raise a very interesting point. i interviewed one man in jail. i said if there should never ever been at $6,000 shower curtain, are all of the other stuff that stood out, the umbrella stand that was $15,000 or whatever it was -- or all of the other stuff, and i

leslie marshal is back. she hasn't been with us in so long, great to see her, and cnbc contributor kenneth boykin, a former clinton white house aide and columnist, david limbaugh. great to see, you kind of like old home week. i guess president obama is the uniter after all. i'm glad we got some laughter out of that. this business about the death boards and his post office statement. we have to get the post office quote on the screen. what was your impression of mr. obama's format. >> this is no longer a hospitable format. he thinks he's on the campaign trail. there's no more clinton or bush to blame. it's his health care plachblt i was completely astonished by the statement of the post office. i would think as the president of the united states he is essentially head of the post office. he criticized them and said they're the ones who have problems, the private sector u.p.s. and fedex do well. should that mean we only get sick monday through friday on obama-care? >> do we have that post office quote? can i r

leslie's with us in the pittsburgh area. leslie, go ahead. leslie? we lost leslie. from that pittsburgh area. amy's with us, though, in florida. amy, go ahead. we're whiffing here on the calls. we lost amy as well. we love hearing from you. 1-877-tell-hln is the number. jill, any other points to make as we move forward on his family? what's his family saying at this point? because he rips his family in his blog, rips his dad for basically being non-existent. his brother's a bully according to him. his mom was too dominant. are they all still alive? are they issuing a statement or saying anything, jill? >> we only know about his mother and sister. he was actually kind of sympathetic toward his sister in his blog. >> oh, that's right. >> she was the only family member he really showed any sort of empathy toward. but they just issued a statement basically saying that their thoughts and prayers go with the families of the deceased and injured. and that's it. they haven't responded to any requests for interviews, have not returned any messages. we don't know where they s

good evening, i'm lesli foster. the preliminary report into the fire at the home of community activist, peggy cooper referenced 34 locations in dc where water supply may be an issue. most of the neighborhoods and the buildings were a mystery until now. digital correspondent tells us where they are and explains what it all means in this 9news now exclusive. >> reporter: 39th and t north of georgetown university. 29th and p in georgetown. the 1300 block of northwest, 23rd and wyoming northwest. taylor street northeast. catholic university, and trinity university. all are locations that the dc water and sewer authority and the fire department have identified over erthlast t years where there have been concerns about water. >> we live right there, so i think that d ulwo bebia g issue. >>re: poer brtstsejuauec the neighborhood is on the list of 34 locations, doesn't mean it has an inadequate water supply, similar to what happened when firefighters tried to fight the blaze two weeks ago. that is only one reason that an ar

lesli foster for 9 news now and wusa9.com. >>> if you are installing a car seat and you want to makee it has been done correctly, go to a car seat installation check point because they will help you. if you have more questions or concerns we have an 800 number to orbit baby. and it is on our website at wusa9.com. click on living smart. christmas is four months away, but we now know this year's white house christmas tree will be a frazier fir from west virginia. eric and gloria from shepherdstown, west virginia were selected as grand champions of the national christmas tree contest at the national christmas tree association's annual convention. this is their fourth win. their trees were displayed at the white house twice during the reagan years and once under jimmy carter. >>> how much is too much when it comes to medical radiation? procedures, including x-rays, ct scans and nuclear imaging help to give doctors vital clues of what is going on inside of a patient but radiation exposure adds up. anita brikman has more in this living well report. >> reporter: john wilkes needs a cat scan

each have the smooth engine and a comfortable ride. >> that was lesli foster reporting.uess who is back with us mrs. weather kim. >> we missed you. >> like wise. i enjoyed my honeymoon but i get little pangs of missing my friends. but it is good to be back. >> congratulations. give your honey a big hug for us. >> i will. i will. big ben, boy you need to cool off today. it is not heat advisory material but in the 90s. take you outside and show you the forecast for the next three days because that's what we do first. 93 today. yesterday's high, 97. did break a record at dulles. we will be better tomorrow, 87 and then 85 is the pick of the week on thursday. right now at reagan national airport the temperature is 86. we have some lower 80s in to gaithersburg but 90 at leesburg, 90 quantico and 90 fredericksburg. we will factor in what it feels like with the humidity. it feels like 104 fredericksburg and 97 in leesburg and quantico. feels like 90 in cumberland. they have more cloud cover out there. you will be the first to flirt with the rain drops and if you look closely a c

leslie foster found some sneakers that beat out a couple of high priced name brands. >> reporter: itmay look like this guy is doing the latest youtube dance craze, but it's actually part of consumer reports evaluation of athletic shoes. testers checked out 10 pairs of men's and women's shoes. they cost anywhere from $2008 to -- $28 to $110. >> they're suitable for a variety of sports activities. >> reporter: you can use them for aerobics, run on the treadmill or weight training. in addition to the stability test, conducted at an outside lab, the tester also wears reflectors as he runs on a treadmill. a computer then analyzes all the data to determine a shoe's stability. in another test, a 19-pound weight is dropped on a shoe to see how well it will cushion your feet. and testers also exercised in the shoes to size up the fit and flexibility. >> fit is by far the most important feature, and we had a couple of shoes that didn't perform so well. >> reporter: for example, the men's and women's reebok smooth fit mobile 2 trainer. >> the tongue was attached on one side and deattached on th

ererhat was lesli stfo we have more tips for your style safer, go through the closet to build on what they already have. you can get quality buys for less and find the back to school cost saving tips on our web site, >>> cash for clunkers consumer alert. in living smart focus, if you are trying to get in on the last weekend, here is something that you need to know. be aware if the car dealer asks you to sign a contract that says you will pony up the rebate for the clunk officer the government doesn't come through. federal advisory states customers are not required to sign such thing. consumer advocates are asking federal officials to crack down on dealers that participate in that. >>> coupon clippers and sale shoppers look out. you could find out the best bargains by walking by your favorite stores. digital correspondent jessica doyle explains. >> reporter: stores tracking your location using gps to offer you deals at nearby shops. sounds like something out of the minority report. the gap is taking a page from the futuristic movie. >> welcome back to the gap. >> reporter: a new iphone

lesli foster has the story. >> i go to do photo shoots in the morning. , go to the regular 9:00 to 5:00 job and after that we work on our real estate business. this is actually for the front and back deck plans for the foundation. >> reporter: dan is doing everything he can to keep his house. working three jobs, getting little sleep and nowhere on his loan modification. in april he got this e-mail. >> countrywide had denied us. >> reporter: he has been trying since december of 2008 to get help with no luck. >> i essentially have to screw up my great credit and not give the mortgage company about 8 u to $10,000 which doesn't make sense to me. >> reporter: this maryland homeowner is in b@the same predicament, stuck in the middle of a mortgage mess. 51% of his income goes to his house payment. >> in july, it was denied again. >> reporter: industry experts say lenders are reluctant to modify some loans because it hurts their bottom line. >> if they write down one loan, they may have to write down others and that affects their finances. >> reporter: kiplinger magazine editor janice bodnar

lesli. >>> thanks top. her family says she was the light of their lives and led a life of love and service to others. eunice kennedy shriver died earlier this morning. family members had been by her side since she was admitted to a hospital last week. cbs news chief washington correslook back at her legacy. >> she was born into one of america's most prominent families, the 5th of nine kennedy children. graduating from stanford university in 1943, she later became a social worker at a west virginia prisonnen. she married sergeant shriver in 1953. and together, they had five children, including maria shriver, now the wife of california governor, arnold hwarzenegger. it was growing up with a close family member who was mentally retarded that led to eunice kennedy shriver's life's work. the establishment of special olympics. her goal she said was to demonstrate that people with mental retardation are capable of remarkable achievements in sports, education, employment, and beyond. it began in 1962 as a summer ca

. >> it certainly is, lesli. there are 24 high schools in prince georges county and nearly all of them have scheduling. the problem is with a new computerized scheduling system. according to the company's website, it works great in lincoln county, georgia, which has 432 high school students. so far, it has been a disaster in prince georges county, which has more than 40,000. more than 200 students at bowie high school were sidelined by a computer glitch. isolated in three separate areas while school officials scrambled to print schedules for them. >> why some of them have schedules, they don't know. >> the tso president says it's the worst school opening in the county in 16 years. >> these schedules need to be mailed out during the summertimes. that way if there's a conflict with their schedule, they can move forward and get that change before the first day of school. >> the communications director says the problem is with the new school max computerized scheduling system that was phased in last year. >> our goal

. >> he was joined by leslie van houghton from california. >> leslie van houghton had been the homecoming. but she fell in with a young man who turned her on to drugs. and he brought her to spahn ranch. greta: the three slaughtered the couple. leno labianca was stabbed 12 times with a niche and 14 times with a carving fork. the fork was left protruding from his abdomen and the knife was jabbed into his throat. the word "war" had been carved into his stomach. rosemary labianca was stabbed 41 times. death to pigs, rise, and a misspelled "helter skelter" had been screbled on the walls and refrigerator in the victims' blood. >> the total stab wounds on these two nights of murders of 169. greta: two nights of savagery, seven dead bodies, and no suspects. >> my initial feeling at that time was it was a copycat murder. there is just no way of compecting the -- connecting the people didn't run in the same circles and didn't know each other. greta: on august 10, dr. thomas autuchi conducted autopsies on the cielo drive victims. >> the only time in my career he walked out of an autopsy room is when

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lesli? >> all right, surae. thank you for that. >>> now to an update on that serious crash in the northeast we first told you about at 5:00. one person is being treated for life-threatening injuries and two others are in serious condition after this crash. it happened at pennsylvania and alabama avenues. our cameras were there as a press conference was to be begin about aids in the city. it could be hours before this mess is finally cleaned up. and of course we'll continue to follow the story and get you any information as we get it in. >>> within the past half hour, a federal jury convicted former congressman william jefferson of taking bribes. he was found guilty on 11 of 16 counts. you may recall that federal officials said they found $90,000 in the louisiana democrat's freezer. jefferson maintained that he was seriously brokering deal, and that his action did not cute bribery. >>> supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor has picked up a little more g.o.p. support. missouri senator kit bond is now the 7th republ

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lesli foster tells us it is gaining ground here in the nation's capital. >> any opportunity to save ay i'm happy for. >> reporter: erin is on a tight budget but still wants to look good. so the georgetown nursing student is always on the hundred for a bargain. >> something i'm looking for these days so the website has been helpful. >> buy with me.com is giving erin, her friends and people she doesn't even know collective buying power. >> before you had group deals that had to be organized but now you can do it through on- line exposure. >> the site offers a down voucher to use at stores, restaurants, spas and more. once the minimum of 10 to 20 people click on the promotion the group gets the savings. >> the fact i can get $250 for $100 was a great opportunity. >> bought three vouchers. >> she said $20 for each $50 voucher she will use. at a time when stores can use the business this site gives them a boost. >> our hopes, we are building a new customer base from that. bed even if a friend has omcome rehollpefumethey arive bringing five others. >> reporter: they emphasize buying power i

leslie have pleading for it too. she wish she had been there when sharon tate was there.he was there the next night stabbing rosemary labianca 16 times. >> the older i get, the harder it is. i took away all that life. >> reporter: director john waters began a friendship with van houghton while writing a piece for "rolling stone" now >> she has apologized many, many times. she is the poster girl for california prison, think. i mean she went in a complete lunatic and came out if she ever does an incredibly mature woman. >> reporter: but a retired prosecutor whose job it was to argue against their release at 60 parole haergsz made that same argument to us. >> do they deserve to be outside in normal society? not for what they did, no, never. >> that report from david muir. now susan atkins has a hearing set for september 2nd. her husband argues her release will save the state $10,000 a day in hospital charges. >>> ten prisons across southern california are on lockdown following a major weekend riot. a fire broke out during the disturbance at the prison in chino, california. i

. >> good evening, i'm lesli foster. some city employees in a local community are getting a park that seems almost too good to be true. they are renting city owned property for dirt cheap and not paying a dime of taxes to do it. it's a practice that is now under the microscope. here is audrey barnes with the story. >> the city custodian who lives in an efficiency may have the best deal in town. he doesn't pay one penny of rent to live in this city owned building. robert johnson, a public works supervisor rented this 1700 square foot home on dogwood drive from the city for $350 a month for more than 30 years. other rentals in the neighborhood are going for $1700 a month. >> i find it disgusting. >> a deal brokered between johnson who made about $120,000 a year in base pay and overtime rently and the former city manager, who retired in 1994. >> it was done with a handshake to begin with. this guy has been living up here for almost as long as we have. >> gaithersburg new city manager got wind of these cheap city owned renta

good evening, i'm audrey barnes in for lesli foster.

. >> he was joined by leslie van houghton from california. >> leslie van houghton had been the homecomingher hometown. but she fell in with a young man who turned her on to drugs. and he brought her to spahn ranch. greta: the three slaughtered the couple. leno labianca was stabbed 12 times with a niche and 14 times with a carving fork. the fork was left protruding from his abdomen and the knife was jabbed into his throat. the word "war" had been carved into his stomach. rosemary labianca was stabbed 41 times. death to pigs, rise, and a misspelled "helter skelter" had been screbled on the walls and refrigerator in the victims' blood. >> the total stab wounds on these two nights of murders of 169. greta: two nights of savagery, seven dead bodies, and no suspects. >> my initial feeling at that time was it was a copycat murder. there is just no way of compecting the -- connecting the people didn't run in the same circles and didn't know each other. greta: on august 10, dr. thomas autuchi conducted autopsies on the cielo drive victims. >> the only time in my career he walked out of an autopsy

. >> he was joined by leslie van houghton from california. >> leslie van houghton had been the homecomingr hometown. but she fell in with a young man who turned her on to drugs. and he brought her to spahn ranch. greta: the three slaughtered the couple. leno labianca was stabbed 12 times with a niche and 14 times with a carving fork. the fork was left protruding from his abdomen and the knife was jabbed into his throat. the word "war" had been carved into his stomach. rosemary labianca was stabbed 41 times. death to pigs, rise, and a misspelled "helter skelter" had been screbled on the walls and refrigerator in the victims' blood. >> the total stab wounds on these two nights of murders of 169. greta: two nights of savagery, seven dead bodies, and no suspects. >> my initial feeling at that time was it was a copycat murder. there is just no way of compecting the -- connecting the people didn't run in the same circles and didn't know each other. greta: on august 10, dr. thomas autuchi conducted autopsies on the cielo drive victims. >> the only time in my career he walked out of an autopsy ro

leslie van houten is now pleading for parole too.he former homecoming queen once said she wished she'd been there the night sharon tate was murdered. but she was involved the next night, stabbing rosemary lablanca 16 times. she was once sat down with diane >> the oe er ild get, the harde it is. i took away all that life. >> reporter: director john waters began a friendship with van houten, while writing a piece for "rolling stone." he has visited her dozens of times and is now publicly arguing for van houten's parole. >> she's a changed woman. she went in a complete lunatic and came out, if she ever does, an incredibly mature woman. >> reporter: but a retired prosecutor, whose job it was to argue against the murderers' release -- at 60 parole hearings -- makes the same argument. >> but do they deserve tbe outside in normal society? not for what they did, no, never. >> susan atkins husband will also argue releasing his wife to die at home will save the state money in hospital charges. we look back in depth at our itc website, abcnews.

leslie austin, psychotherapist. there were 2,300 volunteers in this search. that entire boise community got out searching. two passers-by happened to see this. what is the effect of volunteers? to what has happened to someone in their community? >> these are obviously good people with a mission to help. they've got to be devastated that, first of all, any little boy was found and it might be the little boy they were looking for. kudos to them for putting their butts on the line and going out and looking. it's very important to be supportive of the family and find out what happened. >> you better believe it. to sheba in illinois. good evening, sheba. hi, what's your question? >> caller: hi, i was just wondering, during the autopsy, did they find any bruises or any strange marks? anything like that? >> well, that's a good question. and they are keeping that under seal at this point. we don't know what they found. what they didn't find. let's go to the attorneys. susan moss, family law attorney, child advocate out of new york. ray giudice, defense attorney out o

tex watson, leslie van houten, patricia krenwinkle and susan watson.atson and krenwinkle took part in all seven murders, five at the home of actress sharon tate in beverly hills and the next day they came to this house with van houten where they tortured and killed lino and rosemary labianca. >> i stood in the hallway and i looked into a blank room that was like a den. i stood there until tex turned me around and handed me a knife and he said, do something. i went back in the bedroom and mrs. labianca was laying on the floor on her stomach and i stabbed her numerous times in the back. >> reporter: atkins was with watson and krenwinkle holts down 8 1/2 month pregnant sharon tate as she pea pleaded for her and her child's life. >> she asked me for mercy. i told her i didn't have mercy. >> reporter: how skmoon vinced his flock to kill and torture without remorse baffled the world. manson family members said it was a combination of charisma, drugs and manson's knack for recruiting the right group of vulnerable followers. >> we were like little birds with o

leslie is right to talk about this.ld have is erosion among the independents. >> right. >> it's not independent voters that are in those organized phoney baloney mobs, not even those on blog sites. it's the independents in the middle. he's still holding them now, but he doesn't have a permanent lock on them. he has to deliver health care. >> those are the last people in. he carried them very well. the last people in we're seeing are the first people out, the ones skeptical about health care, the seniors -- >> quickly, leslie, what do you think about jeanne meserve said at the top of the hour, the new policy on immigration coming forward, especially the detention of illegal immigrants trying to make it a little bit more humane, if you will? >> true. i think you'll see the progressives have been very frustrated with homeland security, with the steps they've been taking because they feel they're a repeat of the bush administration, they haven't gone far enough. i think there's frustration overall that the president had to

leslie, you know, it looks like open season on people who are overweight in america. can you mock them, you can do whatever you want. that's always happened in school. but now it looks like it's breaking out into. >> it's true in los angeles. in l.a. i'm a chubster. look at biggest loser. we don't just pick on fat people we seem to have a fascination with fat people. shock values you a know, bill. this was very effective, it was shocking and we are talking about it with you and i think that's what peta wanted was the attention because i don't think fat people were going to say put down that burger and stop eating meat because this billboard. one person does stop eating meat, one person does eat less but say hey, i need to lose weight for health reasons, i think it actually can have a good outcome. bill: the problem here tammy is peta is saying meat causes obesity and it doesn't. >> no, it doesn't. as a matter of fact, you are looking at animal protein, those diets primarily of animal protein is where you can lose weight. it's the carbs, it's the bean based proteins. p

that story that leslie stahl did last night was... >> tell me a story. >> it was a drama. >> rose: itwas ready for broadcast. >> it was. "chorus line." >> "chorus line. exactly." >> i think we know something that nobody else in this business has figured it out. mortar.is you're more than youre that keeps you at the television set. what you hear is what keeps you there. see, i believe very strongly, charlie, that it is you're more than your eye that keeps you at a television set. >> rose: people hear... you're saying people hear... explain it to me. i believe it, too, but explain what you mean. >> i can live with a picture that's a little bit grainy and out of focus. i can't live with grainy sound or out-of-focus sound. the minute the sound or the words don't mesh or the inflections aren't right, i don't care what's on there. see, before "60 minutes," the accepted wisdom in television was that what we did was we put words to pictures. well, no, we're going to put pictures to words. we're going to start with a story and decide how to illustrate. i believe that what you hear is more impo

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lesli, anita? >> the automatic train control system was reported on the red line the day after the crash "the washington post contract reported that the national transportation safety board did not learn about the march incident in which the train overrode the platform at the takoma station until last week. the problem turned out to be a bad relay in one of the other series rail cars. metro says the train was not going fast enough to be deemed a close call. >>> now to the carjacking this morning of a woman in lorton, virginia. police say she stpehed r car in the 7800block of lewis chapel road to pickup a coworker when she was n.o oached by metw pthd leeyhefrr om the car at gunpoint, took her purse and drove away. fortunately, she was not hurt. the car was a green mercury cougar. >>> a broken main in northeast washington broke in the 1900 block of hamlin street today. several cars had to be moved out of the way for folks to fix it. traffic is being rerouted around the area until the area is complete

to leslie austin, psychotherapist. what is this family going through right now? >> well, there's no way they're going through anything other than hell, whether anybody from the family's impla kalted or not, it's still devastating for different reasons. we have to assume until we know differently that this family's just going through a horrifying loss. and this is no closure for them. this is just the beginning of the believing process. and some people never get over it. >> absolutely horrifying. >>> are you nancy grace's number one fan? get your video cameras, your e-mails ready, then send us your extraordinary story as to why you are nancy's biggest fan. we are still looking for stories that stand out. you must prove your case. if your e-mail or your i-report is featured on air, you will win an autographed copy of nancy's book "the eleventh victim" and a chance to meet her in new york city right here on the set. go to cnn.com/nancygrace. >> i want to thank you so much for all of your calls and your e-mails about my book. "eleventh victim." it comes out on august

. >> reporter: hello lesli. he is a lifelong resident of alexandria. he is the first african american police chief here for the city of alexandria. earl cooke was named head of the department. this after serving as interim chief. he spent the last three decades in law enforcement. this announcement comes after the former chief was charged with a dui. at the podium, chief cooke spoke about bringing back integrity to the office. we asked him about that. we said are you talking about recent events? he said not. this is something he learned as an important part of the job. he spent much of his job working in internal affairs. >> integrity has always been our hall mark. when we make mistakes, we are going to own up to them and move forward. we are very much responsible to be held account by the city we serve. if we don't police ourselves, then we are not doing our duty in any way, shape, or form. >> reporter: there was a moment that was very emotional for everyone in the room here during this press conference. chief cooke recently lost his sister to cancer.

hey peg. >> hey lesli. check out those deer park bottles of water back there. a pack of 24 bottles has been cut from $5.99 to $4.99. it's part of the price slashing plan across the store. select products have been slashed by 25%. there's something new at the grocery store. >> it's a good thing. >> every aisle of every store is supporting gobs of yellow tags. tags that show how much the price has just dropped. >> it's tide laundry detergent, it's foal folgers coffee. >> these are $2. $1.99 each instead of $2.50. >> when the prices shot up, grocery store prices did, too. now we are starting to see a reversal. >> not only fuel prices have decreased, but some commodity prices have decreased, too. we are seeing some prices and we can negotiate with our suppliers to pass on the savings. >> steve says they slashed prices in every category consumers shop most frequently, like dairy, meats, and poultry. >> it's a good idea, because i see the prices and i can continue buying here. >> not everybody thinks they are low enough. >> when the gas prices go up, you expect them

text watson, leslie van outen.kren wrinkle and susan atkins, disciples of a madman who turned them into monsters. watson and kren wrinkle took part in all seven murders. four at the home of actress tate in beverly hills. they came to this house ten miles away where they tortured and killed the laviancas. >> i stood in the stairway and looked into a dark room that looked like a den. i stood there until text turned me around and handed me a knife and he said, do something. i went back in the bedroom and ms. lavianca was laying on the floor on her stomach and i stabbed her numerous times in the back. >> reporter: atkins was with watson and kren wrinkle during the murders holding down 8 1/2 month pregnant actress sharon tate as she pleaded for her and her daughter's life. what did you do to her? >> i told her that i didn't have her baby live. >> reporter: how manson convinced his flock to kill and torture without remorse baffled the world. manson family members say it was a combination of charisma, drugs, and his knack

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